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and that does not even include vocal holdouts john mccain, and lindsay graham. stephen colbert is holding a fund raiser for his sister tomorrow. she is running for congress in south carolina's first congressional district. she is looking to fill the seat to replace jim demint. he picked a bowling alley because he said you have to go where the people are and one of the few sports that has a bar. he points out the business women may farewell from having voted in at least three republican primaries. governors will depend on washington this weekend for the governor's winter meeting. president obama will hold a reception for all of the governors at the white house on sunday. we're back with more show after the break. stay with us. ♪ i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. from silver screens... to flat screens... twiz
and that does not even include vocal holdouts john mccain, and lindsay graham. stephen colbert is holding a fund raiser for his sister tomorrow. she is running for congress in south carolina's first congressional district. she is looking to fill the seat to replace jim demint. he picked a bowling alley because he said you have to go where the people are and one of the few sports that has a bar. he points out the business women may farewell from having voted in at least three republican...
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john mccain is caught in the middle. he lurches back and forth between some innate sense of decency and back to help his buddy cater to his tea party base. >> for more, let's go to ted nugent. stephanie: 19 minutes after the hour, we roll along friday's with john fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: the left roars back. [ cats fighting ] >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury! current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show," welcome to it. 22 minutes after the our fridays with sexy liberal john fugelsang in the washington bureau of sexy liberal incorporated. hi andy. caller: i have a big concern about this gun contro
john mccain is caught in the middle. he lurches back and forth between some innate sense of decency and back to help his buddy cater to his tea party base. >> for more, let's go to ted nugent. stephanie: 19 minutes after the hour, we roll along friday's with john fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: the left roars back. [ cats fighting ] >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury...
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john mccain is very knowledgeable about this issue. i was very surprised when he said we have to secure the border because it is such a contradiction between saying that and proposing comprehensive immigration reform. comprehensive immigration reform parts from the understanding that border security is only achievable if you fix all of the other components. >> stephanie: that's right. >> of our broken immigration system. john mccain knows that. >> stephanie: it reminds me, representative, of the gun debate. there are a lot of elements. you have to fix all of them. not just one. you're right. if you just focus on border security and you said that -- before the hearing, you said for years we've been talking about electrified fences, overblown stereotypes, mask the deportation fantasies and immigration hearings. you went on to say most republicans understand 11 million people here will not be leaving the country and that holding out for self-deportation puts the republican lawmakers out of step with the country as a whole. watching that r
john mccain is very knowledgeable about this issue. i was very surprised when he said we have to secure the border because it is such a contradiction between saying that and proposing comprehensive immigration reform. comprehensive immigration reform parts from the understanding that border security is only achievable if you fix all of the other components. >> stephanie: that's right. >> of our broken immigration system. john mccain knows that. >> stephanie: it reminds me,...
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>> stephanie: that was john mccain at his town hall yesterday. how do you get these hydrogen sulfides? diets rich in garlic, onions and rotten eggs. [farting sounds] >> you can just eat eggs. >> omelet with onions and dparlic. >> stephanie: wowee. julie from seattle says mama, results are in. mitch mcconnell is the least popular senator in america human and/or turtle. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] he is only a 37% approval rating in his home state of kentucky. julie says it is enough to make a varmint want to climb back under some leaves with a bottle of bourbon. >> you're a talking turtle! >> stephanie: mitch mcconnell, the most unpopular senator in the nation. faces a 55% disapproval rating from kentucky voters. that's the worst favorable unfavorable rating of any senator. [ applause ] >> wow. >> perhaps i will be denied a 247th term. >> stephanie: campaign manager says -- because it is a ppp poll. they have an agenda to make mitch mcconnell look bad. the ppp poll director said when republicans are arguing with pollsters, they're losing. thi
>> stephanie: that was john mccain at his town hall yesterday. how do you get these hydrogen sulfides? diets rich in garlic, onions and rotten eggs. [farting sounds] >> you can just eat eggs. >> omelet with onions and dparlic. >> stephanie: wowee. julie from seattle says mama, results are in. mitch mcconnell is the least popular senator in america human and/or turtle. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] he is only a 37% approval rating in his home state of...
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when john mccain points that out, you know, seriously. >> huh? >> stephanie: senator carl levin said their demands are beyond the scope of what has been asked traditionally of former nominees. a point echoed by john mccain. >> eh? >> did i or didn't i? wait. what day is it? who am i for and against? who am i mad at this week so i can choose my position on who i have a grudge against? >> no, sir one should impugn his character and integrity. they were accusing him of lying. >> of colluding with iran against the interests of the american people. i mean dick cheney went on -- i guess it was a fox interview. can't go anywhere else. but he was -- his big thing was that the president's choices including hagel are a specific strategy to endanger the american people and undermine be. it's doing it. >> stephanie: he can talk because he served so patrioticically in vietnam. >> no terrorist things happened on cheney's watch though. >> you're nothing. >> nothing bad happened. >> no wars of choice. we made sure that our soldiers had everything they needed whe
when john mccain points that out, you know, seriously. >> huh? >> stephanie: senator carl levin said their demands are beyond the scope of what has been asked traditionally of former nominees. a point echoed by john mccain. >> eh? >> did i or didn't i? wait. what day is it? who am i for and against? who am i mad at this week so i can choose my position on who i have a grudge against? >> no, sir one should impugn his character and integrity. they were accusing him...
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he and i are getting really tired of seeing john mccain and lindsey graham every single sunday on every single show! >> stephanie: the senator of the green room. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] i was just going to get to that. lindsey graham will permanently -- on the couch or in a green aren't. he threatened to block votes on nominees for c.i.a. director and defense secretary until the administration gives more information about benghazi. well i declare -- i'll be sipping my mint julep. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the c.i.a. directorship. hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting. >> stephanie: then he. >> announcer: ed away. >> was he one of the guys who gave -- there are some senators that those shows could book that were against the benghazi hearings period. how about getting the other side instead of these two. >> stephanie: exactly. >> world's angriest two leprechauns. >> one of them is a little more tastefully to the point. >> i'm not insinuating anything. >> stephanie: the conventional wisdom drives
he and i are getting really tired of seeing john mccain and lindsey graham every single sunday on every single show! >> stephanie: the senator of the green room. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] i was just going to get to that. lindsey graham will permanently -- on the couch or in a green aren't. he threatened to block votes on nominees for c.i.a. director and defense secretary until the administration gives more information about benghazi. well i declare -- i'll be sipping my...
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kerry's -- so much for that whole -- john mccain had all of that -- angry leprechaun, fake outrage. >> it is not the policy. >> senator. >> stephanie: he tweeted about that. the late night tweeter did. >> you know who might run? did you see that? tagg romney. >> stephanie: oh, that. or ann. >> stop it. this is hard. >> ann: stop it. this is hard. you want to try it, get in the ring. this is hard. >> stephanie: they're talking to ann and tagg. and flirn or flag, too. >> what expertise would they bring? >> stephanie: that's what i'm wondering. >> the governorship of massachusetts. >> stephanie: go with ann. she's so warm. [ laughter ] >> stop it. >> ann: stop it! >> stephanie: speak of somebody who i think will be back in elected office, outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton. >> i am very proud to have been secretary of state. i will miss you. i will probably be dialing ops just to talk. >> stephanie: go take a nap and then let's go. hillary, 2016. >> she's already getting the infrastructure in place. you know that. >> stephanie: take a nappy. we got this! all right. senator mik
kerry's -- so much for that whole -- john mccain had all of that -- angry leprechaun, fake outrage. >> it is not the policy. >> senator. >> stephanie: he tweeted about that. the late night tweeter did. >> you know who might run? did you see that? tagg romney. >> stephanie: oh, that. or ann. >> stop it. this is hard. >> ann: stop it. this is hard. you want to try it, get in the ring. this is hard. >> stephanie: they're talking to ann and tagg. and...
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. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: really john mccain, really? >> he is kind of a douche. didn't he run his 2000 campaign -- >> stephanie: yes, he is on record saying all sorts of glowing things -- >> errrrrr! >> stephanie: he seemed a little openly hostile. >> yeah, a little tense. >> i think they are all angry that he was right about iraq. >> stephanie: that's the whole thing. like he was right about iraq and you were wrong overall, and that's what chuck hagel said. i'll let history judge that. all right. sean hannity. >> i'm always trying to get to the understanding of why. the president has problems with israel, we see what is happening around the world. he knew this would be a controversial nominee, all of these trouble spots. why would obama pick him? >> stephanie: i'm sorry, did he just say obama has all of these problems with foreign policy. >> yeah. >> stephanie: i see, meaning he has been spectacularly successful and his approval rating are at an all-time high. >> exactly obama has been quite successful in repairing those relationships that george bush destroyed.
. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: really john mccain, really? >> he is kind of a douche. didn't he run his 2000 campaign -- >> stephanie: yes, he is on record saying all sorts of glowing things -- >> errrrrr! >> stephanie: he seemed a little openly hostile. >> yeah, a little tense. >> i think they are all angry that he was right about iraq. >> stephanie: that's the whole thing. like he was right about iraq and you were wrong overall, and...
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john mccain, and tried unsuccessfully to reach jeff flake, because he is a flake you can never reach him. but in recent days rubio repeatedly condemned -- it's the same ideas. his office complained about a lack of engagement from the white house. which is it? the president -- >> too not engaged enough too much. >> stephanie: right. rebutted by noting he held several meetings with the gang of eight including rubio's staff. but the courtesy call seems to have had the calming effect. rubio said he is optimistic about a deal -- but it literally -- it doesn't matter if he nominates a republican secretary of defense. it doesn't matter if it's the exact same ideas they have in their immigration plans, they are just against it. >> it's true. and i remember speaking with one of my gop senate colleagues and he was part of the gang of six, and he said you know what killed us? when the president said some nice things about what we were doing. that just killed us. >> stephanie: what is going on? this is worse than clinton derangement syndrome. >> i think it's part of the broader phenomenon that w
john mccain, and tried unsuccessfully to reach jeff flake, because he is a flake you can never reach him. but in recent days rubio repeatedly condemned -- it's the same ideas. his office complained about a lack of engagement from the white house. which is it? the president -- >> too not engaged enough too much. >> stephanie: right. rebutted by noting he held several meetings with the gang of eight including rubio's staff. but the courtesy call seems to have had the calming effect....
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john mccain complained that anyone dare even oppose conde rice. nobody tried to filibuster her when she became secretary of state. slightly different standards that they're using. >> stephanie: yeah, just a little bit. you say press accounts of -- breitbart. stop pretending the word journalism in that sentence, right? >> yeah. i also said they really need to give up the ghost. they have to stop pretending this is "conservative journalism." it is propaganda. the deliberate spreading of rumor and misinformation and in this case, for a partisan gain. you know, read all of the columns about well, gee you know any other news organization would have posted a correction if they had screwed up as bad as friends of hamas or any other reporter would have googled or tried to track it down. that's not what they do. they're not in that business. the press needs to let that go. and they need to start using the word that accurately describes what breitbart and these other sites do and that's propaganda. the press is terrified of using that word but it absolutely
john mccain complained that anyone dare even oppose conde rice. nobody tried to filibuster her when she became secretary of state. slightly different standards that they're using. >> stephanie: yeah, just a little bit. you say press accounts of -- breitbart. stop pretending the word journalism in that sentence, right? >> yeah. i also said they really need to give up the ghost. they have to stop pretending this is "conservative journalism." it is propaganda. the deliberate...
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>> because he's only a war hero and republican -- >> stephanie: but, when john mccain starts to sound reasonable, something is going on. he said he will not support a filibuster. >> it's not the policy. >> stephanie: several other senator also voiced reservations about a filibuster after mitch mcconnell raised that policy. >> it's not the policy! >> stephanie: it's true. >> and further more [ mumbling ] ! [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> just warning you. >> stephanie: just proving he is still kind of a douche. did you see he made a racist joke. representative justin ahmash republican of michigan denowed the joke about president i'm a dinner jacket in which he alluded to auk ma den jad as a monkey. >> he was talking about the monkey in space and that he wants to be the first iranian in space -- >> mccain doesn't think that he is a foreign leader in any way shape or form. >> stephanie: just saying still under the category of not helpful. >> not helpful. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: let's go to ken in philadelphia. hi, ken, welcome. >> caller: hi, how are you doing?
>> because he's only a war hero and republican -- >> stephanie: but, when john mccain starts to sound reasonable, something is going on. he said he will not support a filibuster. >> it's not the policy. >> stephanie: several other senator also voiced reservations about a filibuster after mitch mcconnell raised that policy. >> it's not the policy! >> stephanie: it's true. >> and further more [ mumbling ] ! [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪]...
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i grew up in colorado and moved here because i really liked john mccain when he was anti-bush. >> you moved to arizona because you liked one of their senator? >> yeah when mccain used to go head-to-head against bush's policies -- >> that's really a reason to pick up and move interstate. >> caller: well, i lost my job -- >> okay. [overlapping speakers] >> caller: he opened up a shop down in bull head and -- [overlapping speakers] >> caller: and then when i got here he died. his wife sold the business and i have been kind of stranded ever since. i bought a house that i can't sell -- >> stephanie: well you'll always have bull head. [ laughter ] >> you got out of that just in time. >> stephanie: eddie in tennessee. >> caller: hi, how are y'all doing? >> stephanie: good. >> caller: liberal caller from tennessee. that's kind of unusual, isn't it? >> actually we have been getting quite a few since we have been on current tv. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: here is the deal, i was watching one of these shows -- i can't tell anymore whether they are conservative or liberal, but they were talk a
i grew up in colorado and moved here because i really liked john mccain when he was anti-bush. >> you moved to arizona because you liked one of their senator? >> yeah when mccain used to go head-to-head against bush's policies -- >> that's really a reason to pick up and move interstate. >> caller: well, i lost my job -- >> okay. [overlapping speakers] >> caller: he opened up a shop down in bull head and -- [overlapping speakers] >> caller: and then when...
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mccain's calling him an ex-republican. >> stephanie: they cannot get over he was right about iraq. >> oh, totally. >> stephanie: remember representative walter jones, republican of north carolina? he was the freedom fries guy. that guy. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] he suggested to a libertarian group that former vice president dick cheney will end up in a fiery place for his role in the iraq war. he said congress will not hold anyone to blame. lyndon johnson is probably rotting in hell. he probably needs to move over for dick cheney. >> stephanie: that's freedom fries. >> i want to send that guy some french fries. where can we send them from? with a copy of an -- a biography of thomas jefferson about the time he spent in france reading the koran. >> stephanie: tony in florida you're on with hal. hi tony. >> caller: how are you? >> stephanie: good. >> caller: good, can you hear me all right? >> stephanie: yep. go ahead. >> caller: i didn't know if you had seen anything yet but collier county, florida which is down south florida naples area -- >> hal: uh-huh yep. where ray finkel i
mccain's calling him an ex-republican. >> stephanie: they cannot get over he was right about iraq. >> oh, totally. >> stephanie: remember representative walter jones, republican of north carolina? he was the freedom fries guy. that guy. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] he suggested to a libertarian group that former vice president dick cheney will end up in a fiery place for his role in the iraq war. he said congress will not hold anyone to blame. lyndon johnson is...